In a tragic road accident, four people were killed, while one was injured on Jagadhri-Paonta Sahib National Highway near Kalesar village of Yamunanagar district on Friday, when a truck loaded with maize reportedly overturned on their two motorcycles.
The deceased have been identified as Rajinder Kumar (45) of Chuhurpur village of the district, his daughters Mini (12), Simi (14) and their relative Phool Singh of Daulatpur village of the district.
Rajinder’s wife Usha sustained injuries in this accident and was admitted to a hospital.
According to information, Rajinder Kumar, his wife, their two daughters and their relative Phool Singh were travelling on Friday to Renuka Ji, a religious place in Himachal Pradesh on two motorcycles.
Rajinder and his wife were on one motorcycle and Phool Singh and Rajinder’s both daughters were on another motorcycle.
When they reached near Kalesar village, a truck reportedly went out of control while descending the Lal Dang slope and overturned both motorcycles around 10 am.
Usha fell to one side and sustained injuries. However, the others were buried under the truck.
Their dead bodies were later taken out after unloading the truck loaded with bags of maize.
The truck, coming from Himachal, was going towards Yamunanagar.
SHO Rohtash Singh, Pratap Nagar police station, said that the injured woman was admitted to a hospital and the deceased were sent for post-mortem.
